Andrew Glaister
| Andrew Glaister | |
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| Born |
4 July 1967 Marlow, England |
| Occupation | Video game programmer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1981 |
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Andrew Glaister (born 4 July 1967 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a video game programmer.
He initially started programming games on the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum between 1981 and 1987, forming a company called Programmers Development Systems Ltd.
Andrew then worked as a developer for Viacom New Media, Kinesoft Development and FASA Interactive in the United States. When Microsoft Game Studios acquired FASA in 1999, Andrew continued to work for them as a Development Manager, in later years particularly for the Windows Graphics and Gaming team working on Direct X 10, display drivers and other features for Windows Vista.
Andrew first started playing with electronics at age 10, and had built his first computer at age 12. This was a simple design based on the SC/MP 8060, in a wooden box with 8 LEDs, 8 input switches and 32 bytes of RAM from 4 74LS89 16x4 chips.
In 1980 he acquired his first 'real' computer, a Microtan 65, and spent time using his friend's ZX80.
In 1981 his parents purchased a ZX81 for Andrew, and within months he began selling his own games. This was done at first through one of the first computer stores in England–the Buffer Micro Shop in Streatham. Duplication was performed on C15 cassette tapes after school, with photocopied inserts. He managed four or five duplications a night, selling each for ten pounds. Andrew would then go by train from Crawley to Streatham and return with his profits. After meeting an employee from Silversoft in the shop one day, Andrew decided to let that company publish the games instead.
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